PSYCHOMETRIC THEORIES OF INTELLIGENCE
Theories of intelligence arrived at after examination and absorption of test results. These tests vary but could include verbal analogies…
PSYCHONOMICS
The science of the governing laws of the mind. Also the science of environmental factors influencing development.
PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
The utilization of data from EEG, EKG, EMG and EOG measurements for the inference of psychological processes and emotions.
PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS
Social, cultural and environmental influences that affect an individual's or group's mental health and behavior. These may include social situations,…
PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH
A concerted effort on the part of a community to ensure and enhance to opportunity for a healthy lifestyle for…
PUERPERIUM
The period between the end of labor and the return of the uterus to a normal condition.
PUZZLE BOX
A puzzle box is used in research and consists of a box with a latch or latches that a test…
PREVENTION DESIGN
Designing tools with the intent of a) reducing injury or error during operation and b) to enhance their ease of…
PRIMAL DEPRESSION
Early childhood depression supposedly brought on by distant or missing parents. The expression is today considered obsolete.
PRIMARY CARE PSYCHOLOGY
Primary Care Psychology is designed to provide psychological services within the setting of a clinic, private or public hospital or…
PRIMARY GAINS
The psychoanalytical theory that states some patients get primary gain from possessing neurotic symptoms. The very symptoms themselves relieve them…
PRIMARY ORGASMIC DYSFUNCTION
A dysfunction comparable to primary erectile dysfunction in men, primary orgasmic dysfunction describe a dysfunction in which a woman has…
PRIMARY TASK
Ergonomically speaking, when one has a multi-task assignment, the primary task is the one that takes priority. That is, it…
PRIMORDIAL PANIC
Also referred to as elementary anxiety, primordial panic is a reaction composed of fright and anger by schizophrenic children. It…
PRION DISEASE
One of a group of neurodegenerative diseases caused by prions, which are self-replicating abnormal proteins in the brain. Symptoms of…